Fresnel Exterior Lighting Series

Wall lamp 'Fresnel' designed by Joe Colombo in 1966. Inside and outside wall ceiling lamp giving direct and diffused light. Lacquered aluminium support and Fresnel lens diffuser. Ma...

Vintage reading lamp designed by Joe Colombo for Oluce, Italy, 1965. This mid-century modern design classic is an original version from the 196...

Globe wall lamp by Joe Colombo for Oluce. The overall shape of the lamp resembles the shape of a globe that sits on a ring and can be positioned as desired. The transparent sphere is...

'Flash' Wall or Ceiling Lights by Joe Colombo for Oluce. Designed and manufactured in Italy, in 1960. Chalice-shaped aluminum is cut in half length-wise to form the shade. The shade ...

Wall lamp 'Fresnel' designed by Joe Colombo in 1966. Inside and outside wall ceiling lamp giving direct and diffused light. Lacquered aluminium support and Fresnel lens diffuser. Ma...

Fresnel Wall Lamp designed by Joe Colombo for Oluce. Simple and timeless, this lamp produces both direct and diffused light. The fixture is made of c...

Wall lamp 'Coupé' designed by Joe Colombo in 1967. Wall lamp with chromium-plated stem, wall fixings lacquered and height adjustable reflector in lacquered alluminium. Manufactured b...

Joe Colombo was a visionary Italian designer renowned for his futuristic and functional approach to modern furniture and lighting. His 3 Wall Sconces, model #1140, exemplify his abil...

Italian modern Adjustable wall lamp Coupé 1159 by Joe Colombo for O-Luce, 1970s Wall lamp mod. Coupé 1159 with adjustable dome lampshade in white lacquered metal. Inside the lampshad...

Coupè floor lamp with a structure in white lacquered metal, designed by Joe Colombo and manufactured by Oluce in 1967, circa Italy. Measures: Height: 175 cm Width: 140 cm Lampshade diameter 40 cm Lamp base 30 x 32 cm Joe Colombo born Cesare Colombo, was an important Italian designer, architect and artist. Renowned for his embrace of modern technologies and for the potential he saw in modular furniture and designs, Colombo created a body of furnishings that spoke to the energy and excitement over the potential of the Space Age. Colombo was born and raised in Milan. Joe first in a first time decided to pursue an artistic career by enrolling in Milan’s Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera. But after a couple of years at the Accademia, he transferred to Politecnico di Milano, where he studied architecture and graduated in 1954. During his studies at the Accademia, he befriended artists Sergio Dangelo and Enrico Baj, who had been influential in the creation of the avant-garde Movimento Nucleare, a group whose aim was to transform the art of painting in response to the tensions of the modern nuclear age. Until 1958, Colombo worked mainly as an Abstract Expressionist painter and sculptor and thrived on the Movimiento Nucleare group’s energy and intensity, which fueled in his work a fascination with an almost futurist aesthetic. In 1959, Joe Colombo’s father died, and he decided to run the family electrical appliance business while experimenting with new manufacturing methods and materials. This new and unexpected experience influenced him to switch from painting to architecture and design, where his fascination with futuristic themes not only remained intact but found a new invigorating venue. In fact, one of his first design projects was a series of installation works made from television sets that were assembled in the form of shrines; the work was exhibited at the 1954 Triennale di Milano. Colombo decided to open his own design studio in Milan in 1962, entering the busiest phase of his career as he designed furniture, lighting, interiors, and glassware. Also in 1962, Joe and his brother Gianni designed for Oluce the Acrilica lamp...

Rare pair of iconic Spider wall lamps designed by Joe Colombo for Oluce in 1965. Original metal structure and lacquered lampshade, the two lamps are composed of a single lighting bo...

Fresnel-1148 outdoor lamp by Joe Colombo for Oluce. The iconic Fresnel lamp for outdoors with a fixture diameter of 10cm. The Fresnel lens makes the ligh...

Italian modern Adjustable wall lamp Coupé 1159 by Joe Colombo for O-Luce, 1970s Wall lamp mod. Coupé 1159 with adjustable dome lampshade in white lacquered metal. Inside the lampshad...

Coupe wall lamp (1159R) designed by Joe Colombo for Oluce. This iconic design from 1967 still is a beautiful addition to any room. An adjustable hemispherical reflector diffuses the ...

Joe Colombo Model #1158 'Coupé' wall lamp in black for Oluce. Executed in black metal and chrome, this is one of the most refined Minimalist Italian designs of the midcentury and a...